Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1887-02-25
A Violent CONFUSION Of Nature in
Southern Europe.
Cities Demolished and ThOus.
ands of Lives Lost-Fears Oft
Return of the Visitation.

pal authorities at Turn have posted pla
cards throughout the city to calm the
panic striken population.
Nice (via Havrel, Feb 23-Only last
night Nice and the Riviera grandes fetes
de nuis were in fall swing. The
l~lluminations, the fireworks and the
.torohlIght procession eliminated in
Q perfect saturnalia when the
figure of the carnival was burned in
Q magnificent blaze on the place de Ia
Prefecture. This evening ut five min.
utes before six Nice was thrown into a
panic by Q severe shock of earthquake,
the oscillations rolling from the north
east to the southwest. Ali tbs houses
swayed to and fro like cradles and from
the chimney tops to the foundations
cracked. Women, shrieklng like
maniacs, appeared ut the windows IN
their night dresses. The sky seemed
to be all in flames. Il glared with a
blood-red color, Two more shocks
succeeded each other at brief intervals,
and the entire population rushed fran
tlcally into the streets all In their night
dresses. Men, women and children
jostled against one another. Fashion
able beauties were cheek by jowl with
beggars and servants. Each was fully
confident that the last hour had come.
Partisan club men we're rushing about,
panic strisken with naked feet protrud-
ing beneath their fantastic pyiamas,
some OF them holding their troEsers in
their hands. The palace DIES Platanes,
the place Wassera and the place Carl
baldi were filled with half naked and
terrified masses OF humanity. Here and
there were to be noticed groups of mas
q%ueraders, pierrots, harlequins and
North America Indians, who had. been
making q night Of it. When they were
returning to their homes they were sur.
prised by the earthquake.
The first house to tall was No. Z Rue
Paganini. The roof crushed In Just 40
the Countess RIM Bsrdi, who occupied
an apartment Of the fifth story, clothed
only in q lace trimmed patiste robe de
mutt, was III the aok of jumping out OF;
the window, The countess had her right
thigh fractured and her head was split
open. She now lies in the hospital be.
tween life and death. Nine. Cheylan,
who lived in the anne apartment, was
killed outright and her mangled re-.
mains have just been pulled ont from
beneath this heap of ruins. The villa
Natha, in the rue Saint Etienne. crnm-
bied to atoms, but five ladies and mca
who inhabited it escaped miraculonsly
by jumping out OF the window and they
only incurred slight injuries. Three
children we're also saved by Lieutenant
BeHnet, OF the Sapeurs Pompiers. who
had his left hand crushed.
At half past eight came another shock,
causing the belfry OF the st. Augustine
chnrch to come crashing down With Q
noise like the o of artillery. A small
stone rochetted and struck Mr. Hatha-
way, son of the United States consul, on
the left temple, cutting il open. Mr..
Hathaway was carried off by the fremen
and bad his wound dressed by DR..
Barely. Then another shock came and
MIR. Hathaway suddenly recovered con-
seriousness. He rose to his feet, started
and ran away as fast as he could. DE-.
Barely chased him and catching MP with
him, held him and finished the opera
ton.
Villa des Carablers, inhabited by the
Compte and Countess p. d'Eu, swayed
and seemed about to fall, and their royal
highnesses in night dresses jumped out
OF the windows. TIE Duo dc Nemours
and the princess 2. Blanche d'Ofleans
are living in q tent in the
garden OF the villa Grasiella.
The popular restaurant FsancAis
is in ruins. Among the ornaments. OF
the fashionable world 9 caperlng
about In night toilets were Lady Garth
ness, the Marchior.ss Cambiato, Nine.
Wurt Dundas. Mrs. Houston, Miss
Warren, Miss Sprang, Mr., and Mrs.
Hamilton, Dr.. Roblings, DIR. Wakefield,
Mrs. G. Wood, the Comptesse a. Aspro.
monte, Lady Graham, Miss Jarvis Amos,
Mrs. Sargent, Mrs. WaIlndiey, Miss
Wilson's Mr.. Tilden, Mr.. Wakefield, Mr..
and Mrs. Thompson, Mrs. SooyllIe, MINIS,
de Saphonow and others of the phalanx
of brilliant society OF Nice.
On the heights aroand Cimilz 1000
Americans, English and Russians are
encamped the military authorities
having placed tents at their disposal.
A battalion Of infantry patrols the
streets and sentinels pass up and down
in front of the villas and shops, All the
camps and omnibuses are turned into
habitations and command fabulous
prices. A cab for the night costs s, 900
francs. The railway station il literally
besiesed. lie is o case OF ssuve qui peut.
Every body is trying to get away. Six
thousand passengers left to-day for Paris
Rno three thousand Tor Italy. With the
exception OF Mr.. Hathaway no American
has been injured, but sill are terribly
frightened.
at Mantope nearly all the houses Will
have to be rebuilt. The villas and Cepo-
line and Molinary. in falling, killed the
workmen and wounded several others.
At Cannes the :shock WAS very slight.
merely shaking the houses and frishten.
ing the people. 1t did no harm there.
At Ounoo eight persons were killed and
tw~enty-eight were wounded. At Port
Maurice eight were wounded and one
WAS killed, but there arc no Americans
among the dead or wounded.
ANOTHER VISITATION.
Rome, Feb. GA shock OF earth
quake wal experienced to-day at Men.
tone. Houses were badly shaken but
no one was hurt. Villages built on the
mountain sides were toppled over into
the valley by the shocks. Three rail-
way trains loaded with food have been
sent to the sufferers together with al
strong detachment OF soldiers TO pre-
serve order. Details Of the destruction
wrought by yesterdays earthquakes in
the Genoese Riviera, present q terrible /
picture. Over 1900 people were killed,
Tn eho xxsIlorn - D....s- ~.